BY ANKELI EMMANUEL, Sokoto – The National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP) Sokoto Zonal Command in collaboration with Access to Justice Project For the Vulnerable Children and Children on the Move with support from European Union, have flagged off a 2 day capacity building for...
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The World Health Organisation (WHO) says Road Traffic Injuries is now the major cause of deaths of children and young people, aged 5-29 years, globally. Dr Walter Mulombo, WHO Head of Mission and Country Representative, said this at the commemoration of the 2022 World Day of Remembrance for Road...
The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) has granted Nigeria 20,000 U.S dollars for the pilot training of literacy educators in the country. The UNESCO Representative, Regine Priso, said this at a two-day Validation Workshop of training modules of the Global Education Coalition (GEC)-Global Alliance for Literacy...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) stated on Tuesday in Benin that it had yet to release or update any new list of the Peoples Democratic Party’s (PDP) candidates vying for state and National Assembly elections in Edo. The News Agency of Nigeria NAN reports that there has been...
In a bid to decongest the Maximum Security Custodial Centre Port-Harcourt by the judiciary to mark her annual legal year 2022, 176 inmates with minor offences were released unconditionally during a jail delivery exercise. The exercise started taking place on Nov.10 and Nov. 11 and will end on Tuesday,...
Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), on Tuesday, urged motorists to avoid night travels and conveying inflammable materials, to save lives and property. FRSC Sector Commander, Enugu State Command, Mr Joseph Toby, gave the advice in Enugu while briefing journalists on the activities to commemorate African Road Safety Day and...
In furtherance of its Niger Delta Economic Discourse Series , the Management of GbaramatuVoice Newspaper, will on Tuesday, November 29, 2022 by 10am, at the BON Hotel, Warri, Delta state, hold a focused group discussion that centres on two separate but related typical and topical issues – the recently...
Ekiti State House of Assembly on Tuesday elected Gboyega Aribisogan, as its new Speaker, following the death of Funminiyi Afuye on Oct. 20. Aribisogan (APC- Ikole Constituency 1) was elected at plenary after securing 15 votes to beat his only contender, Olubunmi Adelugba (APC- Emure Ekiti Constituency), who got...
Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike has said the inadequate allocation of funds for projects by the National Assembly every fiscal year is responsible for project abandonment. Governor Wike made this known during the inauguration of the Dr Peter Odili Cancer Cardiovascular Diagnostic and Treatment Centre by the Emir of...
A speeding truck has crushed two police officers to death in Ado Ekiti while on their way to the office. The incident happened on Monday at Adebayo area of Ado Ekiti metropolis while the policemen were on transit around Ado-Ifaki dual carriage way. The identities of the deceased officers...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The Borno State Governor, Babagana Zulum has declared open a 3-week At Risks Children Programme (ARC-P), which is a training programme for 968 youths facilitators selected from the 27 LGAs of the state. Declaring open the training programme in Maiduguri, Zulum said the programme...
The National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) has imposed a penalty of N2 million on Arise TV News for alleged violations of Nigeria Broadcasting Code. The Director-General of NBC, Malam Shehu Illelah, made this known in a statement on Monday in Abuja. “On Saturday Nov. 12, the commission monitored the use...
A new document has revealed that Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, the All Progressive Congress (APC) Presidential candidate, does not have any record at a U.S. Company known as Deloitte, Voice of Naija has reported. This new development is contrary to the revelation by Tinubu in a recent interview where he...
President Muhammadu Buhari has transmitted the 2023 statutory budget of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) and the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) to the House of Representatives for approval. Buhari also transmitted to the House, the Code of Conduct Bureau and Tribunal (CCT) and the Constitution of the Federal...
United States of America has allocated 50 million dollars to support the training of journalists, INEC officials and civil society organisations for the credible conduct of Nigeria’s 2023 general elections. U.S. Consul-General in Lagos, Mr Will Stevens, made this known at the opening of a two-day workshop on Election...
The Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria (lPMAN), says subsidy on Premium Motor Spirit, popularly known as petrol, is no longer sustainable. Mr Mike Osatuyi, the National Operations Controller of lPMAN, in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Monday in Lagos, condemned payment of subsidy...
The Nigeria Immigration Service Special Border Command in Jibia, Katsina State, has retrieved 513 national identity cards and voter cards from some foreigners. The Controller of the command, Kelechi Ekeoba-Jones, disclosed this while briefing newsmen on Monday at the newly established Jibia border command. He said that 202 voter...
Newsdiaryonline, an Abuja-based newspaper has once again suffered a major cyber-attack. The attack, in the early hours of Sunday November 13, 2022, which rendered all posts on the site inaccessible, was quickly reported by anxious readers across Nigeria This development was disclosed in a statement by the Publisher and...
The Federal High Court Abuja has adjourned indefinitely the trial of the leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu in the terrorism charges brought against him by the Federal Government. Justice Binta Nyako put off the trial sine die at the instance of Kanu pending...